Recycling Europe has criticized a European Commission draft list that would bar EU recyclers from exporting ferrous and non-ferrous metal waste to major non-OECD markets in Asia, calling the underlying risk assessment technically flawed.
The EU Commission is not tightening the existing requirements for recycling efficiency and the recovery of materials from used batteries for the time being.
A draft EU list of non-OECD countries could restrict exports of recycled ferrous and non-ferrous metals to several Asian markets.
The transformation to a climate-neutral economy is fundamentally putting the use of carbon to the test.
A research project will investigate bio-based processes to recover rare earth elements and silica from industrial waste streams.
A new biomethane plant in Colmenar Viejo will process up to 75,000 tonnes of organic waste and feed renewable gas into the grid.
Packaging consumption in the food retail sector remains high and poses fundamental challenges for the circular economy.
The so-called rare earths are playing an important role in more and more applications. However, Germa-ny has no deposits of its own and is dependent on imports.
Industry associations are calling for risk-based EU criteria for recycled building materials and warn of duplicate checks and additional bureaucracy.
PolyCert Europe has introduced an audit-based scheme for recycled plastics intended for food-contact applications in the European Union.
